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Baseball in November isn’t a common sight, but some young athletes took to the field Saturday in the shadow of the new Yankee Stadium.

Appropriately, the field is on the footprint of the old Yankee Stadium. There are now three new fields for little league, softball, and regulation baseball where the house that Ruth built once stood.

"This is way better, because our field is all bumpy and it’s like bottles, but here it's clean and nice and we can slide better," said one young baseball player.

"This is part of the Yankee Stadium replacement project. The new Yankee Stadium was built on Macomb's Dam Park, and as a consequence, we had to replace those parks. So, this is the last element. It's an 11-acre piece," said Bronx Parks Commissioner Hector Aponte.

A new scoreboard rests on the field along with bleachers and remnants from the old stadium, which has its dimensions painted in blue on the grass.

"To have a field so close to home to practice and to be so close to Yankee Stadium, it's inspiring. And this is how we should support our kids. The city's done a great job,” said one resident.

The old Yankee Stadium was torn down three years ago, and a dispute between the team and the city delayed construction of the new park much to neighbors' dismay.

The project also ran into some unanticipated setbacks.

"Any construction project is an estimate of how long it’s going to take, and depending on the conditions you find in the ground it may take a little longer. As we were building, we found some oil tanks in the ground that hadn't been expected,” said Aponte.

The total cost of the renovation was $72 million. Saturday was the “soft opening” for just one day. The park will be shuttered and then reopened for a full season next spring.